Hammock



v Patented Nov. 22, I898.

l. E. PALMER.

No. 6I4,62l.

H A M M 0 G K (Application filed Sept. 15, 1898.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES ISAAC E. PALMER, OF MIDDLETOWVN, CONNECTICUT.

HAMMOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 614,621, dated November22, 1898.

Application filed $eptembe1- 15,1898. Serial No. 691,001. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC E. PALMER, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Middletown, in the county of Middlesex and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hammocks, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in hammocks; and it consists in ahammock bifurcated throughout a portion of its length.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan View of the hammockas it appears when strung for use. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinalsection through the same, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged View in detail ofthe fastening at the foot end of the hammock.

The particular structure which I have chosen to illustrate myinventionhas the body portion of the hammock bifurcated at its foot end and afoot-rest section arranged to hang beneath the opening between thebranches of the bifurcated end to enable the occupant to rest in thehammock with one or both of the limbs extended along the natural curveof the body of the hammock or one or both of the limbs of the occupantto rest in a more or less depending position between the branches of thebifurcated end. I have also shown a spreader inserted in thehammock-body at the crotch of the bifurcated end, which, aside from itsfunctions as a spreader, serves the purpose of preventing the body ofthe occupant from slipping toward the foot, and I have further shown thefoot-rest section adjustable to hold the feet of the occupant more orless elevated at pleasure. The foot-rest section, with its adjustmentand the spreader inserted at the crotch of the bifurcated end, are not,however, essential to my invention in its broadest sense.

A represents the body of the hammock; a a, the branches of the hammock;B, the groups of suspension-loops at the head end of the hammock; h b,the suspension-loops at the foot ends of the branches of the bifurcatedend of the hammock; C, the groups of suspension-cords leading from thehead end ofthe hammock to a stretcher-bar D, and thence to the point ofsuspension E, and c c,

the groups of suspension-cords leading from the foot ends of thebranches of the bifurcated end of the hammock to a stretcher-bar d, andthence to the point of suspension E at the foot end.

The head end of the hammock is here shown provided, as is common, with apillow F and a spreader f. Across the body of the hammock, at the apexof the crotch formed by the branches of the bifurcated end, a spreaderG, preferably a flat strip of wood, is located. This spreader G, inaddition to the functions already ascribed to itviz., those of holdingthe hammock spread open and preventing the body of the occupant slippingtoward the foot-also assists in staying the branches a a from anytendency to rip apart at the crotch under strain to which the hammockmay be subjected. The crotch may also be reinforced by a piece a tightlystitched or sewed in position.

The foot-rest section (denoted by H) is preferably fastened at one endto the under side of the body of the hammock near the crotch between thebranches of the bifurcated end and leads thence underneath the openingbetween the branches of the bifurcated end toward the foot end of thehammock, where it may be suspended by means of suspensioncords h and asuspension-rope 7L from the suspension-ring E, which supports the footend of the hammock proper.

In order to make the foot-rest adjustable toward and away from the underside of the hammock, I have provided the suspensionring E with a centraltongue e, having an eye 6 in its head, so that a suspension-rope h maybe passed through the eye 6 in the tongue 6, and thence around the shankof the tongue and underneath the part which passes through the eye,forming a binding-fastening, which may be readily loosened to raise orlower the foot-rest at pleasure.

The hereinabove structure is found in practice to provide for a greatvariety of changes in the position of the occupant of the hammock andconsequent restfulness.

What I claim is 1. A hammock having its body bifurcated throughout aportion of its length, substantially as set forth.

2. A hammock having its body bifurcated justable foot-rest sectionsecured to the hanimock below the opening between the branches of thebifurcated portion of the hammock, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signedmyname, in presence of two witnesses, this 3d day of Sep tember, 1898.

ISAAC E. PALMER. lVitnesses:

E. B. WETMORE, HENRY O. EDGERTON.

